Scout Ventures

Scout Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides seed-stage companies with capital and strategic growth. It seeks entrepreneurs beginning at the seed stage and complements them by taking an active role in business development, marketing, recruiting and product development.

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We haven’t written much about Scout Ventures, but the New York City-based firm has built up a big portfolio over nearly a decade of investing, with exits like Olapic (acquired by Monotype for $130 million) and Kanvas (acquired by TechCrunch’s parent company AOL). And, it’s done all of this with just…

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As an investor in Scout, Mr. Parsons highlights three main attributes of successful early-stage investors: Discipline Teamwork – motivate and inspire people Patience – to let it play out in real time EP7 on its way!

Having served on the Board of some of the most prominent Fortune 100 companies, Mr. Parsons sheds some light on what makes a good Board member. When Mr. Parsons would recruit for boards, he looked for someone “available to reason.” Meaning someone who listens and evaluates a proposition and has a th…

There are four main pitfalls entrepreneurs need to be wary of when launching a new venture. Here Brad highlights the four major pitfalls: Bad critical hire in the beginning Bad early investor Bad anchor client Running out of capital For Dick, effective cash flow management is priority number one…

In today’s post, we catch a glimpse of Richard Parson’s approach to building a company over time and taking the long-term perspective to build correctly. Overview / Summary: It takes time. Through an anecdote on the creation and utility of flat log rollers popularized in London, Dick emphasizes the …

As a new series, every week, we will be releasing a video in which Brad Harrison, Scout Ventures – Managing Partner, interviews a long time mentor and industry expert, Richard Parsons. Dick Parsons is a senior advisor of Providence Equity and former chairman of Citigroup. He is also the former chair…